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Thanks for the feedback on the last post. I have been reading through the comments there, and I appreciate the suggestions. Most of them, anyway. Meantime, Football Outsides has been doing a division-by-division look at the remaining needs for eac...

The Atlanta Falcons didn't make the kind of big splash at the start of free agency that many of their fans wanted. But, little by little, they've made moves that should help make their roster stronger. They traded for cornerback Asante Samuel just...

Marcus from Houston writes: I just wanted to mention that the Texans NEED a better CB. I was so angry with them for not getting Carlos Rogers, or Asante Samuel. Michael Jenkins is available for trade, we need to get SOMEBODY. Kareem Jackson is awful,...

The Denver Broncos have won their first AFC West battle of 2012. ESPN's Adam Schefter reports Denver has signed cornerback Drayton Florence to a two-year deal. Florence, who has started 45 games in the past three seasons, was cut by Buffalo last w...

The Atlanta Falcons cleared an opening for rookie fullback Bradie Ewing on Tuesday when they released veteran Ovie Mughelli in a move that also frees salary cap space.

Buffalo released cornerback Drayton Florence. He started 45 games in the past three seasons. It could be worth Oakland's while to explore acquiring him. His experience would help at the Raiders' biggest worry position. Denver looked into trading f...

The New Orleans Saints and the continuing fallout from their bounty program was the dominant topic in Friday's NFC South chat. But there were plenty of other topics that came up -- Drew Brees' contract situation, Tampa Bay's fresh start under Greg Sc...

Lots of readers in our NFC South chat were asking about the possibility of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers being interested in cornerback Drayton Florence, who was released by the Buffalo Bills on Friday. General manager Mark Dominik isn't going to tip h...

Let's take a look at the top Thursday morning headlines from around the division. There had been some uncertainty as to how the Falcons will deploy their cornerbacks now that Asante Samuel has joined the mix. General manager Thomas Dimitroff clear...

The Atlanta Falcons have had the quietest offseason of any NFC South team. But that doesn't mean they won't have some changes in their starting lineup. Now that the NFL draft is over, let's take a look at my best guess at what Atlanta's starting l...

The NFL recently granted the Falcons $3 million worth of salary-cap credits due to the money Michel Vick owed the franchise after the quarterback declared bankruptcy following a conviction on dogfighting charges, according to league sources.

Let's take a look at some Monday afternoon headlines from around the NFC South. One of the NFL's lead investigators in the Saints bounty program reportedly is resigning. But don't get carried away with conspiracy theories. League officials said t...

The new contract Asante Samuel signed soon after he was traded by the Philadelphia Eagles is even more cap friendly for the Atlanta Falcons than originally thought. Now that all the accounting has been done, Samuel is showing up with a $2.875 cap ...

As it turns out, the Atlanta Falcons aren't planning to jump over that playoff hurdle that's been talked so much about. They simply plan to plow right through it. The latest evidence came Friday night when the Falcons used their second-round draft...

I just got the details on the three-year contract cornerback Asante Samuel signed with the Atlanta Falcons as part of his trade from the Philadelphia Eagles. It's a very cap-friendly deal for Atlanta in the first year. Samuel will count $3.875 mil...

Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff discusses Atlanta's acquisition of Asante Samuel, his philosophy regarding the NFL draft and more....